Teaching const

[Karl Heuer]

In article <10203 at steinmetz.steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen at kbsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) writes:
>Could someone give me a good method to use when teaching students C,
>such that they will be able to remember the syntax of
>	pointer to {type} const
>	- vs -
>	const pointer to {type}

If you write "{type} const" rather than "const {type}", then "const" follows
pretty much the same rules as "*".  You can use whatever method you use to
distinguish "pointer to function" from "function returning pointer".

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl at haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint